Fall submission cycle opens October 1
2021-09-15
The fall submission cycle for original speculative fiction begins on October 1 and closes at midnight on October 31. Read More →
Andy Weir, Jim Butcher win at the Dragon Awards
2021-09-12
The votes for the annual Dragon Awards are in, and Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary won for best sci-fi novel, and Jim Butcher’s Battle Ground for best fantasy novel.Read More →
Time to announce your NaNoWriMo project
2021-09-11
If you’re planning to write a novel during this year’s National Novel Writing Month, you can announce it now.Read More →
Vote now in the Dragon Awards
2021-08-12
Dragon Con is the first week of September this year in Atlanta but whether or not you plan to attend the massive multimedia convention you can still vote in the Dragon Awards.Read More →
Sci-fi and fantasy poetry contest now open to submissions
2021-07-31
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association’s poetry contest’s deadline is August 31, 2021.Read More →
2021 World Fantasy Award finalists announced
2021-07-27
The finalists for the 2021 World Fantasy Awards have been announced, including Lifetime Achievement recipients Megan Lindholm and Howard Waldrop.Read More →
An author’s first take on Kindle Vella
2021-07-15
E. M. Foner tries out Amazon’s Kindle Vella, a new publishing option for episodic fiction, and tells us what he thinks about the platform.Read More →
On a quest through uncharted territory
2021-06-13
Math professor Ankur Moitra seeks algorithms with provable guarantees, to pin down the mechanisms of machine learning.Read More →
Global Student Robotics Competition breaks Guinness World Record
2021-06-10
The Live Remote VEX Robotics World Championship had broken the Guinness World Record as the largest online robot championship.Read More →
The Winners of the 56th Nebula Awards: a Brief Rundown
2021-06-09
Last Saturday, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced the winners of the 56th Nebula Awards.Read More →
NavyCon, Coming to a Computer Near You
2021-06-08
NavyCon, the premier science fiction and national security conference, returns for its fourth edition inviting speakers from a variety of backgrounds, including all five branches of the service, as well as civilian academia and science fiction fandom, to present on topics within the theme of national security in transition.Read More →
A Blow to the Rebels: Amazon pulls unauthorized “Star Wars” novel
2021-05-23
On May 9, Amazon pulled the Star Wars novel “Heart of the Jedi,” from sale on its online retailer. While there is no official statement from Amazon or Lucasfilm as to the matter, one can hypothesize that Disney took action against the selling of an unauthorized Star Wars book.Read More →
Video: You can print body parts
2021-05-23
Do you want Luke Skywalker’s bionic hand? Thanks to 3D printing technology, soon you will be able to have it.Read More →
Spring submission winners announced
2021-05-01
The results of MetaStellar’s first submission cycle of 2021 are in, and we at MetaStellar are thrilled to announce the success of our second original fiction submission cycle.Read More →
Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine is now on Kindle Unlimited
2021-04-26
Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine is now in Kindle Unlimited, which means that if you’re a member, you can read this magazine at no additional cost.Read More →
Why the flight of Ingenuity on Mars is amazing
2021-04-19
Contrary to what sci-fi literature has been telling us for the past several decades, humans have not been able to fly on another planet until yesterday.Read More →
2021 Hugo Award Finalists Announced
2021-04-13
Finalists for the Hugo Awards, the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, and the Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book were announced by DisCon III, the 79th World Science Fiction Convention today in a YouTube video.Read More →
Space operations workshop is open to the public
2021-04-03
While it is marketed to “Space Operations Professionals,” it is also a cool opportunity to get some insight into how today’s space industry works.Read More →
Smart AR glasses will change how we shop, work, and learn
2021-03-10
Smartphones touch nearly every facet of our lives. The transformative effect of smart glasses can be equally dramatic, experts say.Read More →
Flash fiction submissions due April 1
2021-03-01
The spring flash fiction submission cycle opens today. Stories can be submitted anytime from now until April 1, 2021.Read More →
Cancer survivor heading to space as part of all-civilian crew
2021-02-25
Hayley Arceneaux will become the first astronaut with a prosthetic limb when she goes into space later this year on a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission.Read More →
The Bone Ships wins 2020 British Fantasy Award
2021-02-23
The British Fantasy Society announced the winners of the 2020 British Fantasy Awards yesterday, and RJ Barker’s The Bone Ships was selected as the best fantasy novel of the year.Read More →
New postage stamp honors Chien-Shiung Wu, trailblazing nuclear physicist
2021-02-22
On Feb. 11, 2021, the sixth International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the U.S. Postal Service issued a new Forever stamp to honor Chien-Shiung Wu, one of the most influential nuclear physicists of the 20th century.Read More →
The first Mars photos from Perseverance are here
2021-02-19
NASA has been releasing photos as they arrive from Mars and they are awesome.Read More →
Perseverance lands tomorrow; lead scientist explains tech and goals
2021-02-17
On Feb. 18, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will be arriving at the red planet, and hopefully will place the Perseverance Rover on the surface.Read More →
Ten ‘Keys to Reality from Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek
2021-01-26
To understand ourselves and our place in the universe, “we should have humility but also self-respect,” the physicist writes in a new book.Read More →
Sci-fi legend Ursula K. Le Guin to get her own postage stamp
2021-01-25
The U. S. Postal Service announced its new lineup of stamps for 2021, and sci-fi legend Ursula K. Le Guin is the latest addition to the Literary Arts series.Read More →
Nalo Hopkinson is first black woman and youngest winner of Grand Master award
2021-01-22
Nalo Hopkinson is the first black woman to win the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for her lifetime achievements in science fiction and fantasy writing.Read More →
Galactic Civilizations 3 is free from Epic this week
2021-01-22
Galactic Civilizations 3 is free from Epic this week By Maria Korolov Every Thursday, Epic offers a PC game for free. Yesterday that was Stardock Games’ Galactic Civilizations 3, a critically-acclaimed, popular game that’s like Sid Meier’s Civilization, but in space. Other differences include the fact that you can playRead More →
Don’t hold your breath for a real-life Matrix
2021-01-19
If you’re hoping or fearing that new technology can put you in a Matrix-style virtual environment — it’s not happening in 2021, judging by what we saw at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.Read More →
Cli-fi short story contest offers $8,700 in prizes
2021-01-13
Climate-focused short story contest offers $8,700 in prizes By Maria Korolov Grist, a publication that focuses on climate, sustainability and social justice has announced a contest for short stories that focus on climate change. Entry is free, the deadline is April 12, and the short stories should be between 3,000Read More →
Experts: Ethics a must in AI
2021-01-06
Experts: Ethics a must in AI By Alex Korolov Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming a part of our daily lives, both in the workplace and at home. Some AI experts are stressing the need to focus on making AI ethical and keeping it human friendly. Bias in programming, security concerns,Read More →
Best AI startups of 2020
2021-01-05
Best AI startups of 2020 By Jennifer Vickery The global artificial intelligence market is expected to grow by 46.2% from 2019 to 2025. That type of growth can’t be matched by almost any other industry in the world. Artificial intelligence solutions are particularly relevant for the IT, healthcare, automotive, andRead More →
Five speculative fiction authors killing it on Instagram
2021-01-04
Wondering what some of your favorite fantasy, horror, and sci-fi writers have been up to on Instagram? Here’s a short but sweet list of popular speculative fiction author’s Instagram accounts.Read More →
AI expert: Don’t fear the robot apocalypse
2020-12-23
AI expert: Don’t fear the robot apocalypse By Alex Korolov With talks of large companies investing in AI weapons, brain-chips being developed to enhance soldiers, and the head of the British armed forces saying that robot soldiers could make up a quarter of the army by the 2030s, people mightRead More →
Companies to up use of AR, VR in 2021
2020-12-23
Around 35 percent of businesses plan on implementing virtual or augmented reality technology in 2021 according to a recently published research report.Read More →
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a free virtual concert
2020-12-22
Iceland will celebrate New Year’s Eve with a live and fully virtual concert with Northern Lights and fireworks guaranteed.Read More →
New app turns your room into a 3D workspace
2020-12-21
New app turns your room into a 3D workspace By Alex Korolov You can now join virtual meetings in any location and see avatars of coworkers or friends. The VR and AR collaboration platform Spatial released a free AR app for iOS and Android last week. Instead of using aRead More →
Report: VR revenue expected to reach $12.2 billion by 2024
2020-12-20
Sales of virtual reality hardware and software will grow at double-digits rates over the next four years, according to a report by ARtillery Intelligence.Read More →
Top 3 VR Headsets for Half Life: Alyx
2020-12-09
Top 3 VR Headsets for Half Life: Alyx By Ryan Anderson Half Life: Alyx is the 2020\’s VR game of the year. If you want to play the game the best way, we’ve put together a guide to the best VR headset for Half Life: Alyx. What is Half Life:Read More →
Enter VR with one of these popular headsets
2020-12-08
2020 has been a challenging year and nobody could be blamed if they were looking for a little reprieve from reality. One outlet that’s gained in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic is virtual reality or VR.Read More →
New apps can be controlled by your thoughts
2020-12-07
Developers can now create apps controlled by a user’s thoughts. Yup, you can operate computers, lights, TVs, music, games with your mind — as long as you’ve got a little lighter-sized device strapped to your head.Read More →
New VR camera delivered to space station
2020-10-05
A new virtual reality camera was successfully delivered to the International Space Station today and will allow the astronauts to film spacewalks in VR.Read More →
HBO VR events and concerts start today on VRChat
2020-09-03
“Garden of Eden,” the first in a series of three live VR art explorations, concerts, and shows organized by HBO, kicks off today at 10 p.m. Eastern time on VRChat, a social VR platform.Read More →
Brandon Sanderson’s writing lectures are free on YouTube
2020-09-02
Sci-fi and fantasy author Brandon Sanderson’s 13 hour-long “Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy” lectures are up on YouTube.Read More →
Scientists: ‘Oumuamua may be alien after all
2020-08-28
‘Oumuamua, a weird interstellar object that was discovered passing through our solar system in 2017, might be alien after all.Read More →
Wormhole travel could be possible, scientists say
2020-08-27
According to new research, it’s possible that we could have wormholes large and stable enough for humans to be able to travel to distant stars.Read More →
Lava tubes on the Moon and Mars could be our future homes
2020-08-21
Living on the surface of the Moon, or of Mars, is dangerous. The lack of a protective atmosphere means that radiation is a constant hazard, for example. Lava tubes can be the solution, scientists say.Read More →
Flash fiction submissions due Nov. 1
2020-08-11
Flash fiction submission deadline is November 1.Read More →
N. K. Jemisin’s Short Story Emergency Skin Wins 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novelette
2020-08-03
New York Times bestselling author N. K. Jemisin’s short story Emergency Skin was named the winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Novelette.Read More →